I'm guessing that the original design was to prevent skipping breaks. However, sometimes I need to keep working (perhaps I'm working with someone on the phone) and a break will have to come at the next hour opportunity.

Is there any way to accomplish this? I'd like just a single timer to be triggered every hour starting at a certain time of the day, say, 8:50am, then one hour later, and so on. Happy to make multiple timers if that's required, too.

I would like to have the option of specifying an exclusion in the event that an app is playing, not just when it is foremost.

Sometimes, I might have iTunes uppermost, but not playing anything, and I still want to be reminded via audible alerts that it's time to take a break. In this case, the fact that an app is foremost is not the relevant criterion. Most relevant is whether the app is playing anything.

Hi there,
I have been using simon now for over a year, and still can't get my growl notifications, to work with out the html source in the growl notifications. Is there any way to filter the HTML? Thanks

simon seems much improved since the last time I tried it, thanks for all the hard work. I look forward to even more improvements and "wishlist" items in the future.

I've noticed that in the simon monitor window, if I have lots of tests running (like 45 or so), and I select all of the tests (because, say, I want to pause all the tests), the monitor window becomes very slow/unresponsive and the Simon process starts hitting around 100%. also it seems like the tests stop running and the "next check" column values start incrementing, like "0 seconds elapsed, 1 second elapsed, etc". simon is running on 10.5.6 Server. known issue?

Hi, I've just downloaded 2.5 and dropped it into the Applications folder replacing the old version.

It starts up and runs with all our old tasks with no problem

We had previously written our own SMS script using Clickatell. We called it SMS and it appears as such on the notifiers list.

Two things, where do I find the new SMS notifier? I can't find it listed, is it maybe conflicting with our own notifier of the same name? The plug-ins folder is empty in ~/Library/Application Support/Dejal/Simon/Plugins

Secondly if I rename our SMS notifier (to avoid confusion with your included one) will I have to go into each task that calls it and update that task or does the name change for the notifier automatically change in any task calling it?

We're thinking of adding a dedicated SMS notifier plug-in for Simon version 2.5. It is possible to send SMS messages with Simon now, using the Email notifier and sending to your phone number at your wireless carrier, but that isn't obvious, or necessarily easy to set up. A dedicated SMS notifier plug-in would hopefully make this easier and more intuitive.

Finding a suitable SMS gateway service is tricky, but we like the look of Clickatell. However, it is a paid service. In order to use it with Simon, you'd need to sign up for an account on their site, then enter your Clickatell account details in Simon, and you'd be charged by Clickatell for each text message Simon sent.

Does this sound like an acceptable solution? I know people are used to paying for text messages on their cellphones (either for each message or a monthly allowance), so paying when using Simon doesn't seem too unreasonable to me. What do you all think?

I'd like to get feedback on this, either positive or negative, to gauge the level of interest in this solution.

Also, if you know a free SMS gateway service that can be (legally) used from third-party software, please let us know!